European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Spot welding
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Cleaning up the felloes
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Shaping with a drawknife
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Detail of the wheel
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Checking the tyre circumference
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Drawknife in use shaping
A pile of iron hubs
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Letting off steam
Field gun wheels
The second tyre being hammered in place
Drawknife in use again.
Shaping an adze handle
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Drawknife in use
Marking out a felloe
Still cooling off.
Cooling the tyre down
Second tyre nearly in place
Cleaning up the weld
Cooling the hot tyre
Second tyre being hammered into place
Shaping with a rasp
Dampening the flames
Tail vice and dog
Field gun wheels
Shaping with a rasp
Welding a hub band
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Initial shaping
The first stage in shaping
Fitting the felloes together
Hammering the tyre into place
Cleaning up the tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
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